One Third of US Mobile Phones Are Smart

Among mobile phone users, one third of you use smartphones, and more of you who do choose Android and iOS devices.

The latest numbers in a report from comScore indicate that smartphones now represent one in three of all mobile phones in the US. Of the 234 million Americans using mobile phones during a three month period ending in May 2011, 76.8 million of them used smartphone devices like the iPhone that offer enhanced features and computing power. This milestone represents an increase of over 11 percent from the preceding three month period.

Google Android came in as the top smartphone operating system, with 38.1 percent of users, up 5.1 percentage points. Apple iOS came in number two, with 26.6 percent of the market, up 1.4 percentage points. RIM, Microsoft, and Palm rounded out the bottom three, each losing market share to Google and Apple.

So what are all of you doing on these smarty-pants phones? Well, mostly texting each other. Almost 70 percent of you use your smartphone to text, 40 percent of you surf the web, and 29 percent of you hang out on social network sites. However, only 19 percent of you use your smartphone to listen to music.